A masterclass with Darren Aronofsky

From Pi to The Fountain to Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky has built one of the most singular bodies of work in contemporary cinema, a filmography of formal restlessness and ferocious experimentation, populated by characters caught in cycles of obsession, faith and reinvention.

Emerging from the New York independent scene, his cinema is one of radical interiority: the camera lives inside its characters, inside their tension and contradiction, inside worlds they cannot escape.

In conversation with the artist Kendell Geers — whose own practice interrogates belief, symbolism and the systems by which we make meaning — Aronofsky will reflect on his trajectory as a filmmaker and the evolution of his cinematic language. The dialogue will trace the traditions that have shaped his vision: surrealism, tarot, Kabbalah, and the unsettled territory of artificial intelligence.

A rare opportunity to hear, in person, one of the defining filmmakers of his generation

This Brussels masterclass marks the pre-launch of NewFrames International Film Festival of Advocacy — ahead of its first full edition in Spring 2027.

A NewFrames × TheMerode presentation.